The Commonwealth Massachusetts, under the leadership of Gov. Charlie Baker, has become the first state in the nation to issue an executive order including certified LGBT Business Enterprises (LGBTBEs) in contracting and procurement opportunities alongside women and minority owned businesses. For LGBT citizens in Massachusetts, this policy provides fair and equal access to business contracting…
WASHINGTON, DC, — President Obama plans to issue a new executive order that would help reduce employment discrimination against formerly incarcerated people applying for federal government jobs. Earlier this year, the National LGBTQ Task Force sent a letter along with a dozen organizations urging the president to eliminate the requirement from job applicants to check off a…
Released today! Danielle LoPresti, with her real-life spouse and child, star in this progressive interpretation of Tommie Connor’s 1952 Christmas classic. Watch the video above and for more videos from Danielle LoPresti and The Masses go here. New album update from DLPM: “Two years and one grueling cancer battle later, the “House of D” album…
NEW YORK, NY – The second season of EastSiders, the critically-acclaimed dark comedy starring series creator Kit Williamson (Mad Men) and three time Emmy Nominee Van Hansis (As the World Turns) as a gay couple trying to stay together in the aftermath of infidelity, releases on DVD via Wolfe Video Tuesday, Nov. 3. The second…
SAN FRANCISCO — GLAAD has announced it will honor Tyler Oakley at GLAAD Gala San Francisco at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square Nov. 7. The event will be hosted by Mean Girls and Looking star Daniel Franzese and will feature a special performance by Grammy Award-nominated recording artist and Selma star Ledisi. Additional special…
Today, faith leaders across denominations gathered outside of Grace Lutheran Church in Houston, Texas, in demonstration of the broad religious support for the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO), writes Maureen McCarty on the HRC Blog. Tomorrow, Houstonians head to the ballot box to vote “yes” on Proposition 1 to defend HERO, which protects Houston residents and visitors…
NEW YORK – Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors Fund (www.truecolorsfund.org) today announced the lineup for its 5th annual “Cyndi Lauper & Friends: Home for the Holidays” benefit concert Saturday, Dec. 5 at New York City’s historic Beacon Theatre to raise awareness about LGBT youth homelessness. 100 percent of the net proceeds from the concert will support…
An 18-year-old man who fatally stabbed a co-worker after a sex act and fled the scene without his pants or shoes pleaded guilty Oct. 29 to voluntary manslaughter. A murder charge was dismissed against Joe Andrew Cortez and Chula Vista Superior Court Judge Ana Espana indicated she would limit the maximum sentence to six years…
Humanity may be on the cusp of the first AIDS-free generation in decades. Research into a cure is progressing at a remarkable pace, and this treatable disease is now being beaten in global hot spots by access to health care and prevention methods. Ranging from high-tech American labs, where the DNA of HIV-positive patients is…
Fear of “special rights” for LGBT Americans to sexualize workplaces, schools, and churches set back the cause of equal rights decades. Those who opposed “special rights” did so more effectively than those who supported equality. Pope Francis, just before departing the U.S., bestowed special rites on Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, whom some liken to Montgomery…
